VEGF165 Therapy Exacerbates Secondary Damage following Spinal Cord Injury

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1693-1703

  Benton, Richard L ^a   Whittemore, Scott R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Spinal cord injury; Vascular permeability; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142116387     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026013106016     Document Type: Review

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